In my third pregnancy, following two
full term deliveries, my water broke
in the 31st week.
I was hanging out in front of the TV
with my 3 year old and 15 month old,
when I felt a kind of splash.
Honestly, at first I thought my
daughter had spilled something on me
or pped her pants...I was confused.
It didn't take me long to realise that
it came from me. I called the doc,
and was told to go to the hospital.
It was 45 minutes away, and I had two
toddlers with me! I tried to stay
calm as I dropped off my girls at a
friends and drove myself to the
hospital. After confirming that the
membranes had ruptured, I was taken by
ambulance to Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Hospital, over an hour away. I didn't
recieve steroid shots, and I wasn't
contracting regularly. It didn't seem
like there was much of a plan... they
just waited to see what would happen.
The baby was HUGE on U/S for her age,
over 5 lbs. This made us all think
that my pregnancy was incorrectly
dated. I started having more
contractions, but they were weak, so
the docs opted to induce labor with
pitocin. She was born weighing 5'9
and doing well. She had pretty sever
jaundice, a few apnea episodes, no
bradys. She nursed well, and after two
weeks was transferred to a closer
hospital. She spent another 5 days
there before being sent home with a
billi blanket. Based on her size I
really think i was further along than
32 weeks, but I guess we'll never know
for sure.
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